Grateful to have my poems "Tender" and"One Slaughter" (published in my first book, MEET ME HERE AT DAWN) in this beautiful anthology, THE NEW SENTIENCE: REIMAGINING ANIMAL POETRY. tupress.org/978159534303...

I love how the poem seems to move inward and outward at once, like the spiral shell of a chambered nautilus... Mary Ruefle is a good drug.

WOW! Starred review in Publishers Weekly for Leslie's forthcoming novel! Let's go! 🎉

I can't believe she's two-years-old already! 🎉 So proud of this lil' submission, who's now walking & talking, and one day hopes to grow up and become a full grown "In Progress." 🙏

Michael Bazzett. #dogs #dog #poem #poetry #poems #confession

Alright, #weirdpoemwednesday, I'll bite. Here's one I was gonna post the other day, but then I was like, this poem is kinda weird...I love it tho... Michael Bazzett from The Echo Chamber @tomsnarsky.bsky.social @mikhailbazharov.bsky.social

I went to the Met (for the first time ever!). My partner and I decided to pick a piece to sit and stare at for at least 15 minutes. We picked “Old Woman Cutting Her Nails” by someone who isn’t Rembrandt. It was wild to feel how rusty my attention is—and to see how applying it still drives wonder.

New poem up at Poetry Online... Big gratitude to Tarik Dobbs! I'd be most honored & delighted should you check it out 🖤💜🖤

Here's the little story itself... Thanks again, to Wigleaf!

“And the sun is a flame-white disc.” A poem by William Carlos Williams.

CLOUDWATCHER's been out a few weeks, & I've read from it a number of times, & I'm truly grateful to see it begin to make its way into the world... Thanks all. Now, I go fallow for a bit. Enjoy this last little poem & maybe we'll cross paths again midsummer? #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

Hey St. Paul: I'll be reading some poems tonight at the University Club series, 7:30, alongside Anthony Ceballos & Paul Cisewski... Stop by!

Here's the little story itself... Thanks again, to Wigleaf!

new new: "Cast-Iron Airplane," by Michael Bazzett: wigleaf.com

Great news of a new book forthcoming from contributor Scott Garson

Some recent acquisitions.

I wrote a little story & would be very honored if you should take a moment to read it. If you don't like it, I'll buy you a beer next time we meet. Much gratitude to Wigleaf, @wigleaf.bsky.social, one of my favorite places to read short fiction online, for giving it a home.

even if you don't care about the accompanying writing prompt, I share one unreleased poem here every Sunday morning Recent writers include: Johannes Göransson, Claire Hopple, Tom Snarsky, Vi Khi Nao, Jay Besemer, Zan de Parry, Joanna Ruocco, Todd Dillard, Michael Bazzett neonpajamas.substack.com

Steve Scafidi in @therumpus.net

Wendy Cope #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

Impossible Poem 1 inspired by @mikhailbazharov.bsky.social and @neonpajamas.bsky.social's #Poem + #Prompt 066. Impossible task: removing the after of something that's already happened. Link to the prompt and inspiration poem below. #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets #writingcommunity

@parnassusbooks.bsky.social in Nashville is a true gem. Owned by Anne Patchett, and peopled by marvelous booksellers, it's one of my favorite places in the state of TN (my old stomping grounds, Knox-Vegas, Andersonville, Sewanee...). So, this one-line review from Max means plenty... 💜🙏

@parnassusbooks.bsky.social in Nashville is a true gem. Owned by Anne Patchett, and peopled by marvelous booksellers, it's one of my favorite places in the state of TN (my old stomping grounds, Knox-Vegas, Andersonville, Sewanee...). So, this one-line review from Max means plenty... 💜🙏

a lot of chatter about James Tate, Russell Edson, and Charles Simic (all wonderful), but I think Jack Handey should be part of that grouping of masters of humor on a shortform poetic level

Congratulations to Michael Bazzett on the publication of his new book! His language is a form of magic, traversing many worlds. www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/cloudw...

I haven't read "Cloudwatcher" yet (it came out *today*) but Bazzett is an enjoyably versatile poet; writes literary stuff, does translations, writes speculative poetry. Here's a piece of his we ran a few years back in Strange Horizons: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

I attended an excellent book launch tonight for an excellent book—Cloudwatcher by @mikhailbazharov.bsky.social—at Sisyphus Brewing in Minneapolis (seen here just before the crowd poured in). Poets aren’t always the best performers of their work—but Mr Bazzett was hilarious, profound, fluent.

Happy Official Publication Day to Michael Bazzett for his collection Cloudwatcher — first winner of The Stern Prize! Order your copy here: the-american-poetry-review.myshopify.com/products/clo...

😶‍🌫️ Friends! Today's the official pub day for Cloudwatcher... & I just wanted to drop a line to express my gratitude to all of you for being fellow voyagers, whatever form that's taken: friend, reader, editor, mentor, compadre, admired kin, all of the above... I'm literally beside myself w/ joy 🌩️

Well this is indescribably cool and flattering! plumepoetry.com/mitchell-nob...

Thanks, Ben. Very excited to have CLOUDWATCHER, (the book where this little poem resides), launch into the world this coming Tuesday...

Michael Bazzett @mikhailbazharov.bsky.social

a new poem (& free writing prompt) about the moon, from @mikhailbazharov.bsky.social, whose next collection is out THIS TUESDAY 🌗 neonpajamas.substack.com/p/066-poem-p...

Every minute you spend thinking about Burt Reynolds is added back to your life at the end.

The answer is simply "Yes." The article tries, somewhat desperately, to make something interesting that isn't. AI = drum machine in the 80s. Fantastic songs became possible for plebes. The author sounds like he's on the Anthropic payroll. Or Sam Altman's little brother.

If you'd like to have me read you a poem from my new book CLOUDWATCHER, in front of a portrait of my dog in full dress regalia, and an utterly inappropriate whisky decanter hidden among the children's books, click away... ("The Revisionist," originally published in Strange Horizons)

WHEN A COFFIN is lowered into the earth its planks creak to tell the roots of nearby trees they’re coming back home Michael Bazzett Image courtesy @neonpajamas.bsky.social

"& despite the stars & because of the stars." Two poems from @amorak.bsky.social's new & 💫✨❤️✨💫 collection MOUTH (Cornerstone Press, 2026) Also, read that second poem out loud! 😍 #poetry #bookSky 📚💙 #nationalPoetryMonth

My kids got this little statue for me, as Sisyphus (a close personal friend) is perhaps the most fitting patron saint for poets. I have a particular love for the myth, too, because since my first book debuted in 2014, at the tender age of 48, I have launched each book at Sisyphus Brewing... 1/2

My kids got this little statue for me, as Sisyphus (a close personal friend) is perhaps the most fitting patron saint for poets. I have a particular love for the myth, too, because since my first book debuted in 2014, at the tender age of 48, I have launched each book at Sisyphus Brewing... 1/2

Two new poems out today! 💛 One written while listening to @alinapleskova.bsky.social on Zoom & one written in response to a @mikhailbazharov.bsky.social poem

“I don’t owe you anything. There’s no owe. You knock on my door, that’s your choice. You wake me up, that’s on you.” 🚨 The great Ben Niespodziany (@neonpajamas.bsky.social) returns with two new poems that will knock you out. Find them in The Bulb Region today. bulbregion.com/Two-Poems-by...

Reading my way through AWP books Michael Bazzett

A Michael Bazzett poem for #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social WHEN A COFFIN is lowered into the earth its planks creak to tell the roots of nearby trees they're coming back home

Thanks to everyone who came out last night to hear some poems & conversation between Maggie & I! I hope you had as much fun as we did!

Tired of AI doom-and-gloom articles in your feed? 1. Read this inspiring piece in NYT about the unforeseen power of book reviews that changed the literary trajectories of Annie Proulx and Larry McMurtry. www.nytimes.com/.../larry-mc....

2. Why not review a book that you love for @adroitjournal.bsky.social or @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social or @raintaxi.bsky.social or another journal that still covers books? We need sharp criticism and writing, which I believe can help us thwart these insidious AI algorithms designed to feed us slop.

actual footage of what happens in and around me when I'm writing a poem... ...taken by magnetic resonance imaging equipment at my local pharmacy.